And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I'm using that line on the ladies down at the local airport. "Hey, It's true what you've heard, I'm swinging a huge prop That's why I need these long bony legs."
That 20mm cannon (weight) that fired from the propellor hub may have led to the need for the larger pull from the prop (as suggested above) and rather than go with a multi-blade propellor, they went with the standard two blade wooden prop. In any event, the aircraft would be very nose heavy, thus the need for the wheels as far forward as possible.
The F4U sports the 40-inch Hamilton Standard. That's 3&1/3 feet from hub. Plus this French baby appears to be the "carrier variant" so a wide ground clearance is most likely required.
Just a guess without having read the comments: it is to keep the propeller from striking the ground, when as a taildragger, its tail wheel is off the ground. Just a guess, though...............
She's probably swinging a huge prop, CW. Corsairs were like that too...
ReplyDeleteI'm using that line on the ladies down at the local airport. "Hey, It's true what you've heard, I'm swinging a huge prop That's why I need these long bony legs."
DeleteThat 20mm cannon (weight) that fired from the propellor hub may have led to the need for the larger pull from the prop (as suggested above) and rather than go with a multi-blade propellor, they went with the standard two blade wooden prop. In any event, the aircraft would be very nose heavy, thus the need for the wheels as far forward as possible.
ReplyDeleteThe F4U sports the 40-inch Hamilton Standard. That's 3&1/3 feet from hub. Plus this French baby appears to be the "carrier variant" so a wide ground clearance is most likely required.
ReplyDeleteJust a guess without having read the comments: it is to keep the propeller from striking the ground, when as a taildragger, its tail wheel is off the ground. Just a guess, though...............
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